URGENT!!help!

[chickencheeper]

2 months give or take

 

[junebuggena]

2 months give or take

Could be the high calcium content of the layer feed. All that calcium builds up in the kidneys, eventually cause them to shut down. Some birds can tolerate excess calcium in the diet, others will deteriorate rapidly. Layer feed is for ACTIVELY laying birds only.
She also looks smaller than the others. Did you have a coccidia outbreak when they were younger? That could be the underlying cause for her slow development.

 

[chickencheeper]

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Could be the high calcium content of the layer feed. All that calcium builds up in the kidneys, eventually cause them to shut down. Some birds can tolerate excess calcium in the diet, others will deteriorate rapidly. Layer feed is for ACTIVELY laying birds only.
She also looks smaller than the others. Did you have a coccidia outbreak when they were younger? That could be the underlying cause for her slow development.

and the other 2 barred rocks are the smallest and don’t have big combs but as far as I know there wasn’t a coccida outbreak.

 

[chickencheeper]

Also 2 of our chickens have been laying for quite a while and we didn’t know how to separate out food for them and control food types

 

[chickencheeper]

We’re here in New England and it is pitch black outside, and holding steady at around 38 degrees

 

[staceyj]

I still think it would be a good idea to bring her inside for an examination.

 

[chickencheeper]

I still think it would be a good idea to bring her inside for an examination.

Sounds good, should we keep her inside overnight?

 

[microchick]

For a flock of mixed ages, roosters, cockerels, pullets, hens, I feed game bird starter switched to game bird finisher and offer oyster shell on the side for the layers. The layers will go for the OS but nobody else will give it a second look. If you have hens/pullets, you can then switch them over to layer crumble when they start laying.

You say she is bouncing up and down but she is too young to lay. How is her crop? I'd check that and make sure she isn't blocked or sour. I have a Speckled Sussex with a pendulous crop (she was a little piggy as a youngster) that will make 'bouncing' motions when she is trying to re-adjust her full crop. Might be worth a check.

 

[chickencheeper]

For a flock of mixed ages, roosters, cockerels, pullets, hens, I feed game bird starter switched to game bird finisher and offer oyster shell on the side for the layers. The layers will go for the OS but nobody else will give it a second look. If you have hens/pullets, you can then switch them over to layer crumble when they start laying.

You say she is bouncing up and down but she is too young to lay. How is her crop? I'd check that and make sure she isn't blocked or sour. I have a Speckled Sussex with a pendulous crop (she was a little piggy as a youngster) that will make 'bouncing' motions when she is trying to re-adjust her full crop. Might be worth a check.

Her crop is pretty much nonexistent

 

[microchick]

No mushiness to it? If not, you can cross crop problems off the list of possible illnesses. To check for sour crop, sniff her breath. If it is nasty smelling, it's sour crop but if no mushiness, no bad breath then it isn't a crop issue.